Waste treatment deadline extended for hospitals
Friday, 12 February 2010 11:49
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Deccan Herald 12.02.2010
| Waste treatment deadline extended for hospitals |
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With two days left for the nine government hospitals in the City to complete the construction of the mandatory liquid biomedical waste treatment plants, it is now clear that none of them will meet the February 13 deadline. |
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A S Sadashiviah, Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board said considerable progress has been made on the plants following a review meeting in November 2009.
"The construction work has been delayed as the place for construction was not handed over to the contractors on time. Although considerable progress has taken place for the past three months, none of the hospitals will be able to finish work on time," he said on Thursday.
Although none of the hospitals have sought permission for extension of the deadline, "considering that poor patients visit these hospitals which cannot afford to be closed even for a day, extension of time is negotiable," he said.
Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Board (KUWSSB) have taken up the project to construct the effluent plants. Basavaraj, Chief Engineer, Waster Water Management said the hospitals were responsible for the delay. "They delayed in handing over the place for the plant and due to which the construction began very late," he said.
He added that the effluent plants in three hospitals, KC General, Jayanagar General and Ghousia Hospital will be completed shortly.
Significant improvement
The Lok Adalat bench headed by environmentalist A N Yellappa Reddy said significant improvement had taken place in the last few months. "Unless the construction work is not delayed deliberately, extension of time can be considered," he said.
Apart from Bowring and Lady Curzon, all other government hospitals have started effluent plant construction work.
DH News Service
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